What interest? Why such an adventure?
Because it's crazy, serious, joyful, moving, literary and sports.
Because "The man is never content with his lot, he aspires to something else, cultivate the spirit of contradiction, is propelled out of the moment."
To try to understand how one becomes what one is; what it means courage, bravery, honor, hope; what drives men to follow another, what they are ready for little that exalts.
In this book, Sylvain Tesson - this is new - is clever historian and is particularly gloss intersperse epic of 1812 and that of 2012. It is also more severe than in previous books. Perhaps is it not far from mellow a bit, you want to give a little more depth to his adventures and wanderings. He tells us that we have abandoned two centuries bravery, glory and valor in favor of a sanitized and cowardly creature comforts, we have reduced our horizons and ambitions. Again, it challenges us. Invites us to reflect on our lifestyles, our choices, about the meaning of life.
"Dear friends,
tomorrow we get to Paris, Moscow. We repeated the route of the Grand Army
during its retreat from Russia 1812
our three Soviet sidecars.
We paid tribute to the heroes.
For them it was the Berezina.
For us, one of the most exciting trips of our lives. "
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Special mention for the editions Guérin who have committed a very beautiful object (thick soft cover and soft, high quality paper, meticulous finish, original font and very nice). And do not deprive yourself of sensual happiness offered a "real" book.
